Stoneyburn mum wins scooters for primary school kids

Stoneyburn mum Laura Pyper wins 30 scooters in online competition

A Stoneyburn mum wins 30 scooters for her kids school in an online competition.

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Two West Lothian primary schools are celebrating after finishing in the top three of a ‘Scooters for Schools’ competition.

The UK-wide event, run by Micro Scooters through their Facebook page, was won by Stoneyburn Primary School, with Our Lady’s Primary finishing in third place.

Stoneyburn received 30 scooters, while Our Lady’s received five.

Entrants had to submit a photograph of their school building or logo.

The public then awarded one to five stars, with Stoneyburn receiving the highest total.

Laura Pyper was the winning entrant with her photograph of daughter Zara, 5.

She said : “I’d just like to thank everyone that voted for us. I was on Facebook every day trying to get people to vote for us but it was definitely worth the effort.

“The deadline for voting was extended by two weeks, but that just made us all more determined to get the votes and win.”

She added: “The children are really excited about the scooters and they’ll all be getting the chance to have a go on them.”

Iain McDermott, head teacher at Stoneyburn, said: “These scooters will be used to bring a new dimension to our health and wellbeing lessons, provide fun for all pupils during activities such as Goldentime and positively promote active living in Stoneyburn Primary School.”

Last year, as part of their Micro Scooters Schools Fair Scheme, the company supported over 250 schools and donated more than £10,000 to schools’ fundraising programmes.